New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-21
ADVANTAGES OF COCAINE.
DIR. HAMMOND WARMLY DEFENDS THE
DRUG.
A PREJUDICE AGAINST 1T Az THERE WAS Against
oUININE-THE DOCToR'S OFFER.

oroa, deal has been written Like other valuable
remedies on their introduction to the profession CO.
caine is meeting with the Opposon OF ultra conserv
atives and narrow minded physicians who oppose
ever, thing that any one else ana VINO look
superfciay at matters that come before thein.
lake tor instance, Peruvian bark, remedy thet III
one form or another has done more to save NE ana 10
ciylize this country than all other meacihes pa' 10
ether on it Introduction into Europe met with the
most systenatc and determined opposition OF thc
faculty especially OF SPAIN il "on coun5 p nrs'
made lite appearance, and II was not HniL the rope
after an examination OF its qualities, ordered that III
should be used that the war against II IN measure
ceased As Stille saws: Religious and SCHOLASTIC
nreudices conspired to reject and conten one OF the
most valuable discoveries recorded 10 me history Oh
medicine Protestant bigotrS refused TO admit tnnt
powder introduced by the Jesuts and called alter le
aid possibly possess any sa!utaIy virtues IL was
reg arded as a poison of the most malignant kihd' as
nroducer of feyers. as a narcotic and being drng
that the devil had specially selected rs his own SclO
blers denounced ii in terms even worse than those now
applied to cocaine and deaths from IT, use were con
stauty reported An English medical man, lalDot'
was 50 prosecuted by the College OF ihJ slcas on ac
count OF his using the remedy in his practice thar ne
obliged to appeal to the hing TO- tTotecton anu
mandate was issued iorhddlng the College 10 lnler-
fere with him IN any way Subsequently TALBOT went
TO France where he cured the DaupDn ana o'ner
noblemen of the ague and then Louis AlN Re 8aIded
him IA was his habit, nagnhcentiy. Alter this 1t
gradually made its Wy. IL Is wei known TO many
now living that the Scotch Church denounced ne use
of ana,thetcs in mid wiiery being contrary to the
decree of the Almighty: In sorrow shalt thou bring
forth" and that ether and chorOiorm were bitterly
dol
the profession Ceahdcalng agents never TO be used
under any circumstance -, - =
Now as regards cocaine, we fluid similar course OF
nrocedure iolloWed--not the same extent Tor the
sniri, of the age is emil htened The drug de-
nounced by a very lew physlclans ana cases Oh us
inurous elects are adduoed with scarcely 1.-THE OF
proof 10 ain them. patient fans while an opera
non IA being performed the eye or nose IN whloh
cocaine has bceu lessen the pan ana straight
way some uTepIeSsible physician announces lhaI co
caine suppressrs action Of the heart-as II patients
had never before tainted from such or even sightei
operations. Another suffers from nervous exhauStlo
alter cocaine has been applied TO an aching tooth aud
torihwth the public is warned OF the dangerous quail
flies o tine medicine | and other physicians have seen
the most extreme nervous exhaustion attended WIN
so,nnete uconsc ousuess from aching teeth to which
no cocaine hid been applied. Doubtless III Few
coses IN which there we're peculiar idiosyncrasies
cocaine as has almost every other drug known to the
materia medica, produced alarming symptoms. out IL
would be foolish TO allow such instances TO deter Il,
from the use e. n most valuable agent or to alarm the
public with falls. ideas OF ITS danger. such 1uganoo
stories do great harm 10y unnecessarily frightening
tmid rerscns in whose cases the remedy might nave
10 he prescribed anu whose Iears might c"u7o "'"so
Ous nervous syInl tOD9.
M MIR Faitdr in regard further to the poisonous
v. a. nj cacalnc-l rave said that II could be
Len indjs Intimately by any person. would not
declare that any article OF the mate ria medlcs'
would not even affirm 1t OF bread or mutton OF peer
Hut ave ID and repeat II now, that large doses
-, il can ne taken without INJURY and that no dose ta
mas Vet been administered has caused death we 40
not know what killing dose Is and until we 40 the
LEGISLATURE If the state OF New-lOr nae peier ho
male ITSELF ridiculous by meddlIng with matter IL
does not undo sand. | have taken Ell ht-eh grams
with impuEity. DIR. Boswoith, OF thls cHl' iooA
five craIus W Lout the least untovard resu l.
| In two inontls and a halt he took an ounce tiso
| graiusD an average oi SIX grams u Gay puIlns a
SECOND series experiments lasting TWO weeks ne toh
1870 grains an average n over ten grains uhJ' ne
AMT the use OF tao med cine without the slightest dl
Gully and without then having the least tendene! 10
. cocaiue haoit" In q ease mentioned by Martindne
twenty three grsus were taken without lnJuil'uS
effect and in aLothef cited by the same author lnaS
two grains the ch e. instance IN thls Ia Ter instance
/ being "incteds,d cerebral activity we all cal 10
mind the consistency with which II was used month
alter month in the cIse OF General Grant with tue
sn.,t oil soothing The pain that would otherwise nave
been fcit and without The least dee'erlous result.
NJw is it not absurd 20 call such an agent poison
and 10 inter frantic appeals TO tue public ANA Inc
Ii fislaturc 10 prohibit It's sale except on the rescrp
,on of "A physician restriction which Is not imposed
on. any drug ,,huteyer within the limits OF the state
/ If New-Yofk! IN nearly 100 cases IA which Dr.
Bos oth used TIN drug III bis Practice there was ho'
ore in which any injurious or distressing result GU
/ sued. ,..,,,.
rre,t that there is evidence that u exists III any
cI.e in winch tie individual cInuOt as win tea coffee
or tobacco stop II he wishes no ease III winch u e1
st. A an encraiLng aud oyefpowerng haolt, unless
It Ia, been oupcrdGled to the Opium or alcohol habt
have rs cocainc often tor several months AT time,
in MARI tniu 800 cases. | prescribe IL every day OF
NV lie see il produce the most beneficial results.
uut have never known II u cause te leAsl oocl'I-
o. ercct or uge instance 20 lead To tie lorna
lion al habit The patients stop II ht once hr roon ~
ihc, are told to would ike to see pure case
! of The cocaine habt, and Will there ipon pay the
y,rr.c, from any part OF tie United States 10 this
c.y il any victim who VIII come mere VIII huthehh-
cafe ana ALLOW 10 examine him. ana Will then pay
1 hi. wpy back 10 his home do not refer 10 broken
down opiumeaiers whose Will power DESTROYED ana
/ lao h yc tax, TO cocaine ms "A cure. SucD persons
/ nave no power 10 stop any haolt they may have
| formed nor to whiskeS drinkers who have made IL e
/ attempts. ~ant bona-hde cocalne-ealer VINO can l
! top. whose mind IL wreck ana VINO suffers me
torinents OF the damned II his dose DE suspended
=, en- I, one would of great service IN opening The
! eyes many who believe IN the existence oi S"ch
have noticed that all the writers who have at
cppted 10 cOntroyer my ideas ON tue III bJect assert
mai in my rem: ks before the Neurological society
avs NV own case the only support to my assertion
| --tLat n cocaine habit could not lie produced did
uotlu. Of the kind. particularly stated that had
used many cases for long periods and that III none
of them md haOt been established Inc idca tLhi
! vounp man could reported acquire the haVlt W
,uutife "A solution OF cocaine up his nostnls Tor cold
| IN his head ID 10 my mind supremacy absurd have
never thou ght that person, should use cocaine or II
| tact any other drug without medical ce but the
nonent an atte1nDt ia made 10 prevent them 10y a law
hat mo neut will they feel disposed to indulge AS 10
he statement that there Is any considerable number
of cocaine addciOrs IN this country have only 10
say that there not the slightest proof Of lis correct
ness Even IL there were tersone VINO alter severe
mental or physical cxerton, or as preparative there
TO- took halt oi grain OF cocaine or even gram,
am quite satisfied that not onl, would no marin De
done but tnat they would experience teneht IRON the
act aud that, furthermore, they would not theicDy
acnIjre q habit OF taking il when not needed. am
o,uosed TO the habtaal use OF opium, alcohol Indian
hemp aunine, oiap, cnloroorn, tartar emrtc or any
other medicine without the advice OF physcian ana
am equally opposed cocaine beng employed habit
uslly by any unless under professional advice;
But there are cases which the habual use OF
opIu is tie less the two evils there are instances
"a we saw often in our infantry during the war, IN
which the daily Of qulnnc is necessary there are
others in which lie is only ed by the da in
lection OF WINE other stinulant, and II there
should DC others in which tie physician thinks cocaine
required be would he narrow minded indeed ana
defelct in his duty he were not 10 prescribe 1t In
such doses and as frequently as he thought proper
Again, whatever may he said to the contrary COCAINE
properly administered by physician competent TO
deal with such cases, remedy Tor the opium habit
have cured cases of the kind by it, and so have
other pbyscians IL IL not, however remedy tor the
feeble minded opium eater to meddle WITH Tor not
only will lie not succeed i'll curing mseli, but he will
! inevitably make himself worse. Tn limited cocaine
with unlimited opium makes bad combination.
| HAM